The Crimson Angel of Judecca - Ambersun

The Dance of the Puppets The rusted chains of prison moons Are shattered by the sun. I walk a road, horizons change The tournament's begun. The purple piper plays his tune, The choir softly sing; Three lullabies in an ancient tongue, For the court of the crimson king. The keeper of the city keys Put shutters on the dreams. I wait outside the pilgrim's door With insufficient schemes. The black queen chants The funeral march, The cracked brass bells will ring; To summon back the fire witch To the court of the crimson king. The gardener plants an evergreen Whilst trampling on a flower. I chase the wind of a prism ship To taste the sweet and sour. The pattern juggler lifts his hand; The orchestra begin. As slowly turns the grinding wheel In the court of the crimson king. On soft gray mornings widows cry The wise men share a joke; I run to grasp divining signs To satisfy the hoax. The yellow jester does not play But gentle pulls the strings And smiles as the puppets dance In the court of the crimson king.

Rusted chains of prison moons Are shattered by the sun I walk a road, horizons change The tournament's begun The purple piper plays his tune The choir softly sing Lullabies in an ancient tongue For the court of the crimson king... The keeper of the city keys Puts shutters on the dreams I wait outside the pilgrim's door With insufficient schemes The black queen chants the funeral march The cracked brass bells will ring To summon back the fire witch To the court of the crimson king... The gardener plants an evergreen Whilst trampling on a flower I chase the wind of a prism ship To taste the sweet and sour The pattern juggler lifts his hand The orchestra begin As slowly turns the grinding wheel In the court of the crimson king... On soft gray mornings widows cry The wise men share a joke I rush to grasp divining signs To satisfy the hoax Yellow jester does not play But gently pulls the strings And smiles as the puppets dance In the court of the crimson king...

The rusted chains of prison moons are shattered by the sun I walk a road, horizons change, the tournament's begun The purple piper plays his tune, the choir softly sing Three lullabies in an ancient tongue for the court of the crimson king The keeper of the city keys ut shutters on the dreams I wait outside the pilgrim's door with insufficient schemes The black queen chants, the funeral march, the cracked brass bells will ring To summon back the fire witch to the court of the crimson king The gardener plants an evergreen whilst trampling on a flower I chase the wind of a prism ship to taste the sweet and sour The pattern juggler lifts his hand, the orchestra begin As slowly turns the grinding wheel in the court of the crimson king On soft gray mornings widows cry, the wise men share a joke I run to grasp divining signs to satisfy the hoax The yellow jester does not play, but gently pulls the strings And smiles as the puppets dance in the court of the crimson king

Here we are He fell to this place The human who started This tale of the cave Now here I stand And I will remain Preventing their heartbreak All over again So go now and leave me behind You reached through the darkness to find The tale Concealed by the facade The story told at last The truth of it all All the souls of the mountain Left from the night But still you refused to go You appeared to me here In the glow of the light From flowers that caught my soul I followed his heart through the caves To learn the words of the tale still untold He fought back the first child who fell And he learned you'll kill or be killed But now I see his face His living form His true self revealed once again It hurts Still even though I know A child without a soul Can never be saved The prince of the underground Turned me away And left me no choice but to go An innocent soul who Accepted his fate To vanish in time But I can't let him fade Give him up and obey Release this trace of his soul Though the tale's at its end I must walk the path again It's not enough to save the world Time has come The end of darkness Rising from the underground War averted, light restored By the angel of salvation Now - as I watch The souls emerging Climbing back to life again I remain determined still That I'll find the chance to save him Still every timeline I could see or comprehend Led me the same way And to here I would return But there's no way That I can let this be the end It's not enough to save the world Lost in the night But still he survives I'll tear apart time So his heart never dies As they cast off their chains Just one soul remains Asriel must be saved Walk against the streams of time And try to find some other way Made my choice to start things over Rending worlds, shattering timelines Break apart the happy ending Start the cycle once again Every path will fade away But the one that's laid before us Still every timeline I could see or comprehend Led me the same way And to here I would return But there's no way That I can let this be the end It's not enough to save the world Lost in the night But still he survives I'll tear apart time So his heart never dies As they cast off their chains Just one soul remains Asriel must be saved There is a power Human hearts hold deep inside I felt it when I fought him And my soul refused to die The will to keep living The resolve to change fate The strength to survive Determination I will find the final soul If it takes a million tries I'll keep on coming back Exploring the fractures in time Make my choice, reset the world Discard the freedom I had earned To find true endings for us all For us all Still every timeline I could see or comprehend Led me the same way And to here I would return But there's no way That I can let this be the end It's not enough It's not enough to save the world No! I've kept them trapped Inside the cycle kept unseen I'm losing count of times I've pushed away their dreams And as I hesitate They start to realize I feel them watching Accusation in their eyes As images bleed over timelines Their hearts plead to stop my pursuit Accept living on in the light But I refuse Cause in the twilight I see the cavern where he fell And I'm determined To find an ending for us all Here on the surface They have the ending that they all deserve Can my conscience let me walk it back And steal the sun again And the buried souls draw me back before Through the underground I will walk once more And the dust of time rises up again Choices realign and the tale begins Can one last life stolen by golden flowers Finally return to the light And his soul emerge on the surface With us all With the buried souls I woke too late to change the course Of his life and final fate Need to break through time Before the cave where I always wake Draw the power that haunts these halls Where the broken man once fell Trust my soul to time And finally rewrite the tale Turn the timeline back still further Take the place of the first child to fall Every repetition makes me stronger I will fuel my obsession and follow the call Break the rules of the timeline and rescue them all I feel determination Beating in my soul Through the impossible I'll try to break once more The tale is over Yet the pages turn again It's not enough to save the world Lost in the night But still he survives I'll tear apart time So his heart never dies As they cast off their chains Just one soul remains The prince of the monsters Remember his name I won't let time turn While his soul still burns Asriel must be saved